USS Enterprise (CV-6)

The USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the sixth aircraft carrier of the US Navy, commissioned on 12 May 1938. The Enterprise, nicknamed "The Big E", served in the American Pacific fleet and fought in more battles than any other American carrier, including the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the Battle of Santa Cruz, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf; she earned 20 battle stars. The Enterprise ended the war as the most decorated US ship during the conflict, and she was nicknamed "The Gray Ghost" for surviving several horrific attacks (the Japanese claimed that they had sunk her on three occasions). The ship was scrapped from 1958 to 1960.